The Role of Science in Solving the Earth's Emerging Water Problems (2005)
Chapter: Program
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN SOLVING THE EARTH’S EMERGING WATER PROBLEMS
October 8-10, 2004
Beckman Center of the National Academies
100 Academy Drive, Auditorium
Irvine, California
Organized by William Jury and Henry Vaux
PROGRAM
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Friday, October 8 |
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6:00-8:00 pm |
Registration and Welcome Reception (Hyatt Newporter – Plaza Arbor) |
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Saturday, October 9 |
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7:45 am and |
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8:00 am |
Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center |
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8:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Introductory Remarks |
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9:00 am |
Henry Vaux and William Jury |
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Session I: Water Problems from a Global Perspective |
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9:15 am |
Malin Falkenmark (Stockholm International Water Institute), Global Problems of Water Scarcity and Conflict |
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10:00 am |
Michael Dettinger (U.S. Geological Survey and Climate Research Division/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography), The Implications of Global Change for the World’s Water Resources |
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10:45 am |
Break |
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11:00 am |
Pat Brezonik (University of Minnesota), Global Water Quality: Implications for Supply and Health |
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11:45 am |
Alexander Zehnder (Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology), Feeding a More Populous World |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Session II: Water and the Environment |
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2:00 pm |
William Lewis (University of Colorado), Evaluating the Importance of Aquatic Ecosystems |
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2:45 pm |
Barbara Bedford (Cornell University), Recent and Prospective Scientific Advances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
Will Graf (University of South Carolina), Science for Water Development and Wildlife Preservation |
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4:30 pm |
Elías Fereres (University of Cordoba, Spanish Academy of Engineering), The Increasing Importance of the Agricultural/Environmental Tradeoff in Managing Water Resources |
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5:30 pm |
Poster Session and Reception |
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7:00 pm |
Dinner |
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8:45 pm and |
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9:00 pm |
Buses Depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter |
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Sunday, October 10 |
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7:45 am and |
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8:00 am |
Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center |
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8:00 am |
Breakfast |
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Session III: New Perspectives in Water Management |
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9:00 am |
Alessandro Palmieri (World Bank), The Prospects and Problems of Storage |
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9:45 am |
Rhodes Trussell (Trussell Technologies), The Prospects for Emerging Water Technology |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
Frank Rijsberman (International Water Management Institute), Soft Path Technologies for the Developing World |
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11:30 am |
Richard Evans (Sinclair-Knight-Mertz), Groundwater Resource Management Challenges in North China |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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Session IV: The Importance of Water Institutions |
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2:00 pm |
Helen Ingram (University of California, Irvine), The Importance of Institutions and Policy in Resolving Global and Regional Water Scarcity |
